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June 1 Thursday The Color Of Blue Read: Numbers 15:37-41 The children of Israel were to make tassels on the comers of their garments with "a blue thread in the tassels" (Numbers 15:38). The tassels reminded them to "do all My commandments, and be holy for your God" (v.40). The blue...

How Can I Break the SUence? Why is it so hard to say those first few words about the most important Person in my life? Why do I hesitate to pass along the best news I have ever heard? Is there anything that will help me to do the very thing I want so much to do—^to tell others that I have...

introduction God ín the Stable: Reflections on Christmas ach Christmas season, many of us secretly long for the excitement of our childhood. "This year," we vow, "Christmas will be different! It will be good again." Yet the old magic remains elusive. Robert Solomon understands this. As a...

Ve Left Behmd Surviving The Aftermath Of Suicide by Tim Jackson le of my favorite childhood memories was staying up late every Christmas season with my mom and watching the black-and-white version of Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life. Only now do I see how the film drew its power fi:'om an...

How Can We Resist the Lure of Sexual Sin? Can we find real intimacy and fulfillment by accepting the sexual ways of our times? Is what we call "making love" really love? Can "safe sex" be found by taking precautions? Are our sexual desires impossible to resist? Is there hope for sex-obsessed...

September 1 Sunday When we have done our best to serve the Lord, a thoughtless or criticai remark can take away ourJoy. When that happens, we musj: focus instead on what God thinks about us. Jan, a church music director, had led her combined choirs and orchestra in a stirring but diffidili...